Association of Indian Management Schools

The Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS) is a professional association representing management schools in India. AIMS conducts the AIMS Test for Management Admissions (ATMA), a nationally accepted online entrance examination for MBA, PGDM, MMS and, subject to applicable regulations, MCA and other postgraduate management programmes. ATMA assesses verbal, quantitative and analytical reasoning abilities and is accepted by participating management institutions. The AIMS administrative office listed on the official ATMA website is in Hyderabad, Telangana.

The Association of Indian Management Schools was founded in 1988 as a registered society and professional organization for management education. ATMA was subsequently developed as a national-level management admission test. The official ATMA portal describes the test as a single-window assessment for postgraduate management programmes and states that it is recognized by AICTE and the Ministry of Education for applicable admissions.

AIMS is a professional association of management schools with a network of member institutions. Its ATMA examination function operates through an examination committee and administrative systems responsible for registration, candidate identification, testing, score reporting and participating-institute validation.